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I received this infographic from Buy Floors last week, and it made me chuckle. Whether your politicians don’t win today, the apocalypse actually occurs in December, and/or patient zero is released, this may make you re-think your flooring choices.

Bring some fun into your kitchen: when you’re not baking and measuring, these cups assemble into a bright and charming robot. Now if only I had a robot that could clean my kitchen for me…(my Roomba doesn’t like to do dishes).

As I’ve been making cupcakes for others, I’ve found the need for a vegan, allergen-free recipe. Although this recipe isn’t gluten-free, it does take care of people who can’t have dairy or eggs. I was turned on to the type of recipe, “crazy cakes”, by the makeup artist on the Job Hunters set. Apparently this type of cake was made often during the depression/war time because of the lack of more expensive ingredients. The only weirdish ingredient in it is white vinegar, but I promise you can’t taste it (even in the raw batter). Almost everything else you should be able to find in your pantry already!

These particular cupcakes were made for my dad’s birthday–I expected them to taste weird or different, but the family loved them, even those who didn’t have food allergies. The cupcakes turn out pretty light and fluffy and can be topped with a frosting of your choice. (I used canned frosting for these–but here’s a dairy free frosting recipe from Divvies, courtesy of MarthaStewart.com.) I then topped the frosting with tons of sprinkles and hand-molded chocolate dinosaurs, cause they were born around the same time as my dad. 🙂 You can find the same mold at Amazon.com.

Allergen Free Chocolate CupcakesRecipe inspired by traditional “Crazy Cake”, this one taken from Divvies Bakery, as found on MarthaStewart.com

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (the original recipe calls for cake flour, but it turns out just fine without, in case you don’t have it)